Collingwood boosted by captaincy talk

Last updated at 17:19 04 May 2007

Paul Collingwood has described being linked with the England captaincy as "a great feeling".

Michael Vaughan's latest injury woe - a broken finger suffered while batting for Yorkshire yesterday - has sparked a debate over who should lead the side if he is ruled out of the first Test against the West Indies, which starts in less than a fortnight.

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Durham all-rounder Collingwood is among the favourites, along with opening batsman Andrew Strauss.

"Obviously, it's nice to get mentioned, with the captaincy and things like

that," said Collingwood, who has been an established Test player for less than

two years.

"I've pretty much been focused on my own game in the past couple of years and

trying to get into the Test team to be honest.

"So to get mentioned with the captaincy is obviously a great feeling.

"But Michael's been doing a fantastic job.

"He may yet be fit for that first Test so we'll just going to have to wait

and see."

Even before Vaughan suffered his current injury, Collingwood was backed as a

possible successor to the Yorkshire batsman in the limited-overs arena, should